Entrance to the Admundsen-Scott
South Pole Station.
The aluminum geodesic
dome is 50 meters in diameter and houses the galley, science
buildings,
computer room, living quarters for winter-overs, and other essential
buildings. The entrance was originally above ground when the building
was constructed in th 1970s, but blowing snow accumulates around the
structure, steadily burying it. Every year, they have to bulldoze out
the entrance.